Romantic Fantasy
Sheet 8: Slowly Revealed

Zinn hinted to Frost to be quiet for a while. They could both see the shadow of two people approaching from the front. “We came to save you,” said Zinn. “Do not be afraid, we will not hurt you.”

The two shadows behind the wall slowly showed their figures. A teenage boy and a teenage girl. They look harmonious. Upon seeing Frost, they immediately believed that the man and his Empress had come to their rescue.

“You must be Emperor Castleton. Greetings to you.” The boys and girls bowed their heads. “I am the Qerza Turquoise Cardinal and she is Miss Fiery Fuchsia Daffodil. I am the only remaining Cardinal in Regancy. Miss Fiery is the daughter of the Chief of the Daffodil Tribe. I'll go straight to the point, I asked Miss Fiery to bring a plaque from Daffodil to Castleton. That night, Miss Fiery and I saw some really terrible things. We've tried to warn the villagers to be careful, but the adults don't want to hear the children talking at all. We can only call His Majesty. Please Your Majesty save our lives and the descendants of Daffodil ma-“

Unfinished the teenage boy named Qerza spoke, Frost immediately strangled him and lifted him into the air. Zinn and Fiery panic at Frost's behavior towards Qerza.

Zinn instantly calmed Frost down. “Why are you suddenly like this?” Zinn stroked the arm of the owner of the golden eye bead. “You calm down a little huh? We're talking about it, okay? Your Majesty, I beg you... Don't be like this huh..?” Zinn panicked himself to see Frost suddenly run amok, not knowing what caused the man to go berserk.

Frost stared coldly at Qerza and slowly lowered him to the ground. Already strangled, the teenage boy still looks very calm.

“If Your Majesty suspects I am an adult turned child, why don't you try to pit brain intelligence with me? I heard that Your Majesty has a very intelligent brain,” Qerza said. The bead of eyes as red as his blood shone brightly.

Frost tilted his head, feeling challenged.

“I've heard that the Cardinal tribe is a very intelligent tribe and know it can even duplicate the ability. It was a pity that the Cardinal tribe could not duplicate sword techniques nor magic. But, they have a talent in archery. Castleton is like an Angel or a Devil.” Zinn was silent for a moment when he mentioned the word “Iblis”, Mictlantecuhtli said back to ring in his head. Zinn was really curious as to who Frost really was and why Mictlantecuhtli called him the King of Hell. “They can learn everything, various aspects. But, not wise at all.”

Somehow Frost felt that Zinn was mocking him. It must be admitted that Frost did a lot of unwise things, but everything he did always ended well.

"Good results or not, it all depends on the views of each person, Your Majesty. You don't quibble here. When you kill thousands of innocent people, do you ever think about how the family they live to go to war.—if they really don't want to fight, you know, moreover don't want to die at your hands?"

Frost was silent at Zinn's words, feeling that the owner of the pink eye bead was right. Frost didn't think about whether the soldiers had families or not, all he thought about was that when they asked him for mercy they had betrayed and defected from their leader, people who have betrayed once will do the same in the future.

Qerza and Fiery could only hear the adults talking before them. Fiery doesn't really understand what Zinn is saying, but not with Qerza, the boy is very understanding. Qerza was once in the position that Zinn said: struggling alone because of the Fathers who died at a young age, he who craves power and wealth so as not to be oppressed by others. Qerza understands that being in that position is not easy.

“You are not never in this position. Who doesn't know that the Emperor of Castleton died long ago? Who does not know that the previous Empress ascended the throne for killing her younger sister who was the original Empress of Castleton and exiling the newborn Crown Prince to the Alabaster tribe?”

Frost was stunned because Zinn knew about it. All the stories are true, the newborn Frost was exiled to the Alabaster tribe, his mother's own hometown.

“This is already a public secret, even Cardinal and Daffodil know this story. Alabaster is next to Ganache, according to His Majesty how can I know if it is not for the news of birds in the community? Everyone knew, but no one dared to raise their voice, only being able to secretly talk about this. Who would have thought that this exiled Crown Prince could grow up to be a very brave person, even slaughtering people for thirst for the right he deserves.”

Frost was not so happy to hear the last sentence spoken by Zinn.

“Already, there is no point in continuing to tell other people's life stories like this. We need to find a way to save them. Right too, you two, are there any survivors?” ask Zinn.

“Empresses, there are still children who survived. They're all in here. In addition, some of the injured people up there may still be survivors. Because strange creatures continue to roam, can only be silent like a dead person,” replied Qerza.

Frost was suddenly ambushed by a strange feeling. “Do not speak, our position has been discovered. If you speak louder, the one up there will find this secret room. It's not safe here. I'm sure if you guys linger around here again, you'll get unlucky, especially you, Ganache.” Frost stared intently at Zinn who had just met Mictlantecuhtli.

“I understand, Your Majesty. You don't have to worry. After all, you have already installed a Protective Spell here, although it is not as strong as expected, but it can still protect the secret passageway. You have also achieved a lot of development,” praise Zinn.

Somehow, I was quite happy to be praised by her like this, Frost thought.